670 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1910 



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This is a counterpart of coin No. 1 on p. 167 of Part II 

 of the Rodgers' Collection Catalogue (Lahore Museum), but 

 that coin is dated 1162 A.H., 2 R. Mr. Rodgers attributed it 

 to Ahmad Shah Durrani, and described it as unique. I found 

 two duplicates in Bahawalpur. 



I do not know the exact state of politics in Kashmir in 

 the years 1162 and 1166 A.H., but from the internal evidence 

 of the coins themselves I think their attribution to the Mughal 

 Ahmad Shah is more probable for the following two reasons. 

 In the first place the coin is distinctly Mughal in style. Then 

 again the couplet appears on rupees of Ahmad Shah struck at 

 Imtiyazgarh where the Durrani certainly never penetrated, 

 and could have had no influence. The Imtiyazgarh coin is 

 No. 4082 in the Third Part of the White King Catalogue, and 

 No. 2104 in Vol. Ill of the I. M. Catalogue, and is illustrated in 

 both works. 



Kashmir rupees of Ahmad Shah Durrani, bearing his usual 

 couplet, are not uncommon. Silver coins were struck at 

 Kashmir by 'Alamgir II, the successor of Ahmad Shah Bahadur. 



No. 45. M. 



Mint, Dera. 



Date, 1162 A.H.; 2 R. 



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No. 46. JR. 



Mint, Derajat. 



Date 1161 A.H. ; 1 R 



